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Hi
i know that aishite imasu and aishiteru both mean "i love you"

but what would "aishite imasu ka?" mean, would it mean is there love? i love you? or do you love me and how about "aishite desu ka?" just want to clear things up been on my mind :S

I would think 愛していますか？ (あいしていますか？）[aishiteimasuka?] would be used probably in a third person conversation talking about someonelse's love affairs in which case "Is there love (in the relationship)?" or "Do they love each other?"

Then I would think 愛してですか？（あいしてですか？）[aishitedesuka?] would be used to say "Do you love me?" or "Is it love [that you seek]?"

Konnichiwa! おげんきですか？

あいしていますか？ Aishite imasu ka? can be asking one of the following...
1. Do you love me?
2. Do you love her/him/it/them?

Just as Derek-san has explained, if this is used as a phrase on its own, (that is, without Watashi o) - it would be referring to a third person. "Do you love her/him/it/them?"

If you want to specifically ask the person you are talking to "Do YOU love me?" then you should probably add Watashi o - so you'd say Watashi o aishite imasu ka? or in a more casual situation, Watashi o aishiteru?

Now, please be careful!
Aishite desu ka? is an incorrect phrase... A te-form of a verb and ~desu can NEVER combine together. On the other hand, ~iru or the polite form ~imasu CAN be tacked on after a te-form verb to express an action in progress. Remember that the 'i' in '~iru' often gets dropped in colloquial speech when following a te-form - leaving the contractions ~teru, or ~temasu.

Sayaka wrote:
Now, please be careful!
Aishite desu ka? is an incorrect phrase... A te-form of a verb and ~desu can NEVER combine together.

Hmm that's interesting, I have to remember that as a grammar rule " Te (form) + Desu = だめ！" (dame or useless for those wondering...)

DemonicDerek wrote:

Sayaka wrote:
Now, please be careful!
Aishite desu ka? is an incorrect phrase... A te-form of a verb and ~desu can NEVER combine together.

Hmm that's interesting, I have to remember that as a grammar rule " Te (form) + Desu = だめ！" (dame or useless for those wondering...)

thanks for the help derek and sayaka i guess you learn something everyday^^

Dou itashimashite! You are very welcome - sayaka

kungfoolai wrote:

DemonicDerek wrote:

Sayaka wrote:
Now, please be careful!
Aishite desu ka? is an incorrect phrase... A te-form of a verb and ~desu can NEVER combine together.

Hmm that's interesting, I have to remember that as a grammar rule " Te (form) + Desu = だめ！" (dame or useless for those wondering...)

thanks for the help derek and sayaka i guess you learn something everyday^^

Indubitably although I try to aim for lots of things every day.

Oh, and I really did nothing Sayaka is the true mastermind behind this one...

マスターデレックさん！

I'm no mastermind behind anything デレックさん.
I am just delighted to answer all these very important questions that exceptional students like yourself always ask!

すばらしいです！　It's amazing!

いえ、いえ、本当にあなったの投稿ほど良いではない。。。
Assuming all is written correctly should be: (No, no, Really my post is not as good as yours.)

If I messed up please let me know （＾－＾）

You're almost there Derek-san...

I must congratulate you on your correct usage of ほど in there
Just two things!
You wrote: いえ、いえ、本当にあなったの投稿ほど良いではない。。
First, あなった doesn't have a small っ in there! So the correct way would be あなた
Secondly, 良いではない Yoi dewa nai is... incorrect Japanese. Sorry!
The correct way would be 良くない Yoku nai.

So, いえ、いえ、本当にあなたの投稿ほど良くない。。 and you might want to add です after that.

Otherwise, good job!

Sayaka wrote:You're almost there Derek-san...

I must congratulate you on your correct usage of ほど in there
Just two things!
You wrote: いえ、いえ、本当にあなったの投稿ほど良いではない。。
First, あなった doesn't have a small っ in there! So the correct way would be あなた
Secondly, 良いではない Yoi dewa nai is... incorrect Japanese. Sorry!
The correct way would be 良くない Yoku nai.

So, いえ、いえ、本当にあなたの投稿ほど良くない。。 and you might want to add です after that.

Otherwise, good job!

ワァ～！ I should've known it was あなた　and not あなった... *Knocks on head*

Lol you just told me about 良い too! 悪いの生徒です。 (I'm such a bad student.)

I probably do need です...

I forgot to say どうもありがとう！

You're very welcome. どういたしまして。